Town Hall Seattle: Civics Series

Town Hall’s Civics series highlights everything from local policies to world politics. These events offer perspectives on a range of topics as diverse as Seattle itself—a bustling forum for activism, discovery, and thought-provoking discussion.

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Walk into any high school cafeteria and you will see Black,
White, and Latino youth clustered into their own groups. Is
this self-segregation a problem we should try to fix or a coping
strategy we should support? Dr. Beverly Tatum,
renowned authority on the psychology of race, helped us begin this
dialogue with her...

Martha Nussbaum, one of America’s greatest living philosophers,
joined us for a discussion of the ethical, aesthetic, and
philosophical conundrums around our country’s rapidly changing view
of the aging process. In her book Aging Thoughtfully:
Conversations about Retirement, Romance, Wrinkles, and Regret,
Nussbaum...

We conduct a substantial portion of our daily lives online, but
to what degree do our own biases spread through our technology?
Sara Wachter-Boettcher took an unflinching look at the values,
processes, and assumptions that inform decisions in the modern tech
industry with her new book Technically Wrong:
Sexist...

A revealing new portrait of Robert F. Kennedy gets closer to the
man than any book before, by bestselling author Chris Matthews,
esteemed Kennedy expert and anchor of MSNBC’s Hardball. Drawing on
extensive research and interviews, Matthews pulls back the curtain
on the public and private worlds of Bobby Kennedy,...

Lawrence O’Donnell, host of MSNBC’s The Last
Word and one of America’s shrewdest political minds,
helped us unpack the historical roots of 21st century
politics. He joined us with his new book Playing with
Fire: The 1968 Election and the Transformation of American
Politics, which chronicled the tumult of the Nixon...

About the Podcast

The Civics series at Town Hall shines a light on the shifting issues, movements, and policies, that affect our world. These events pose questions and ideas, big and small, that have the power to inform and impact our lives. Whether it be constitutional research from a scholar, a new take on history, or the birth of a movement, it’s all about educating and empowering.